Suspense and an interesting story!

Clarice Starling is trained to be agent of FBI. She gets an unusual assignment: she is to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, serial murderer and cannibal who is therefore a very sophisticated psychiatrist. Starling's task is to get another serial killer's profile out of the experienced doctor.
Dr. Lecter has as of yet refused to share information with other agents. Nobody really Expects him to share with Clarice.
Unexpectedly, she can establish a contact to him Which she tries to deepen When a senator's daughter is being abducted by the "current" serial killer. As time is of the essence, many people try to be successfull at the man-hunt, and almost all of them try to get Starling out of the case.
Starling on her Decides Further choices - and the reader gets an idea why Dr. Lecter thinks egregious ago.